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June 2 Desafío Arcilasis endurance running, hiking, mountain biking and obstacle races in Archivel

Trail running, mountain biking and obstacle races in the countryside of Caravaca de la Cruz

June 2 Desafío Arcilasis endurance running, hiking, mountain biking and obstacle races in Archivel An innovative sporting event is taking place for the first time in Caravaca de la Cruz on June 2 involving competitors undertaking one of three gruelling endurance tests in the disciplines of trail running, hiking, mountain biking and obstacle races.

The Desafío Arcilasis challenge has been made possible by the collaboration of various clubs and the authorities in the village of Archivel, where the start and finish lines of the competitions will be located. One of the finishes will be at the hilltop of Cerro de la Fuente, where there are important remains dating from way before Roman times, according to Councillor Francisco Javier López, and the routes will run through the high ground between Caravaca and Moratalla.

The three challenges planned are as follows:

Legionarios: 15-k, 27-k and 50-k trail running and hiking courses

Centurions: 50- and 80-kilometre mountain bike races

Gladiadores: a 20-kilometre obstacle race

There is also a kids’ circuit, to make this a great family day out!

Further details and registration will soon be available online here.

Further information about Caravaca is available from the tourist office (Plaza de España, 7, telephone 968 702424, email turismo@caravacadelacruz.es).

Or for more local information, including the Holy Jubilee Year as well as local news and what’s on, go to the home page of Caravaca Today.

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Calle De Las Monjas, 17 30400 CARAVACA DE LA CRUZ

Tel: 968 702 424 / 968 701 003

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Oficina de Turismo de Caravaca de la Cruz

Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office More information about the places of interest which can be visited in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, along with what's on and local news can be found in the dedicated Caravaca de la Cruz section.

Caravaca de la Cruz, in the North-west of the Region of Murcia, is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the World, a centre of Pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.

The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003, the next one in 2017.

Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office

The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.

As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office turbulent Mediaeval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with it's impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.

Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular, being an important crop.

Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office Caravaca is renown for it´s important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.

Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and borders with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Granada and Almería.

Opening times:
1st October to 31st May
Monday to Friday, 10am to 2.30pm and 4.30pm to 7.30pm.
Saturday, 10.30am to 2pm and 4pm to 7pm.
Sunday and bank holiday, 10.30am to 2pm

1st June to 30th September.
Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm.
Saturday, 10.30am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm.
Sunday and bank holiday, 10.30am to 2pm.

Click for map, Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office